/*
    This file is part of kdepim.

    Copyright (c) 2004 Cornelius Schumacher <schumacher@kde.org>

    This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
    modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
    License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
    version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

    This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
    Library General Public License for more details.

    You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public License
    along with this library; see the file COPYING.LIB.  If not, write to
    the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
    Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
*/
#ifndef KODE_LICENSE_H
#define KODE_LICENSE_H

#include <kode_export.h>

class QString;

namespace KODE {

/**
 * @brief Represent a license clause.
 * Use this class to setup a license clause for your generated file.
 *
 * Possible type of licenses are GPL, LGPL and BSD.
 *
 * @author Cornelius Schumacher <schumacher@kde.org>
 */
class KODE_EXPORT License
{
  public:
    /**
     * Possible types of licenses
     * @li GPL  - The GNU General Public License.
     * @li LGPL - The GNU Lesser/Library General Public License.
     * @li BSD  - Berkeley Software Distribution
     */
    enum Type {
       GPL,
       LGPL,
       BSD
    };

    /**
     * Creates a new license.
     */
    License();

    /**
     * Create a new license of the given @param type.
     */
    License( Type type );

    /**
     * Creates a new license from @param other.
     */
    License( const License &other );

    /**
     * Destroys the license.
     */
    ~License();

    /**
     * Assignment operator.
     */
    License& operator=( const License &other );

    /**
     * Sets whether a Qt expection should be appended to
     * the license statement.
     *
     * This is only useful for Qt3 based code.
     */
    void setQtException( bool useQtException );

    /**
     * Returns the textual presentation of the license.
     */
    QString text() const;

  private:
    class Private;
    Private *d;
};

}

#endif
